4 September 2019
Melbourne Prize 2019 - finalists
Image: May Lyon The 2019 Melbourne Prize for Music finalists have been announced. Soprano, composer Deborah Cheetham, composer/songwriter David Bridie, pianist-composer Andrea Keller, composer-improviser Erkki Veltheim, and cross-disciplinary performance-maker Sophia Brous have been shortlisted for the $60,000 prize for 'an outstanding Victorian musician or group whose work demonstrates exceptional musicianship, skill and creativity'.
Finalists for the $12,500 Beleura Emerging Composers' Award include the AMC-represented composers Annie Hui-Hsin Hsieh, Andrea Keller, and May Lyon, as well as singer-songwriter Sophie Koh and composer and sound designer Tilman Robinson.
Finalists for the $18,500 Development Award are clarinet player, improviser and composer Aviva Endean, soul/hip hop artist Mojo Juju, saxophonist Scott McConnachie, singer-songwriter Kaiit Waup, and violinist Elizabeth Welsh.
Winners will be announced on Wednesday 13 November.
The voting is also now open for the $3,000 Civic Choice Award, which will be awarded on 29 November to a finalist, across all categories, with the highest number of public votes.
> For finalist announcement and to vote for your candidate for the Civic Choice Award, please see the Melbourne Prize website.
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